Mr. Louis Vuitton, Ernest Kahn, from the Philippines, is the newest member of team CLYW! In case you missed it, last month Ernest performed for Louis Vuitton Yves Carcelle himself at the Philippines LV store, in Makati:

Ernest is also two-time Philippines national 1A champion, and also recently visited now teammate Pekka in Norway. Super neat to see one of the oldest team members kicking it with the newest!

Looks like Prague will see the biggest reunion of the Caribou team yet. Confirmed presences so far for the Canadian manufacturer are all European team members: from Iceland, Palli Gudmundsson; from the UK, Krisztian Kaluzsa; from the Czech Republic itself, Petr Kavka and Zdenek Hybl. Norwegian skateboarding ninja Pekka Lovas is back on the team and will be attending EYYC as well. From the other side of the Atlantic, the rioting duo Abe Ziaimehr and John-Bot will be attending, and CLYW boss Chris Mikulin will also be there for the family meeting.

Krisztian placed 5th and Petr placed 7th in this year’s contest, and will no doubt be fighting for the title in 2012. Petr has been competing in several contests in the continent, including Hungarian Nationals, Spanish Nationals, Austria-Slovakia Nationals, and a 3rd place finish at the Czech Nationals back in October and should be well prepared for EYYC. Both are also competing in the international division of the Russian Yo-yo Contest this weekend in Moscow.

Team YoyoJam’s Mikhail Tulabut, who was diagnosed with cancer one year ago, is working to raise cancer awareness through the Throw Cancer Away project, and started off by auctioning a one-of-a-kind Vigilante prototype, and all proceeding go to the American Cancer Society.

From Mikhail himself:

In November 2010, I was diagnosed with Non-Hodgkin’s Lymphoma. A lymphnode cancer that required an 8 month run of not-so-fun chemotherapy.

A year later, I am now in remission; but remission is still not a cure. This is why I’ve started the “ThrowCancerAway” project. For those who have survived, for those still in the battle, and for those we remember.

For those not familiar with Nate, he’s the one who came up with Plastic Whip in the early 2000s. Nate had been on Duncan Crew for the past few years and is now a proud member of the Canadian Manufacturer’s team.